How bad is this rust?

vjvj · Post by **vjvj** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:59 am

Hi all,

New member here as I'm looking to buy a Prelude and will hopefully become active here if I do.

Looking at a 5th Gen which is in good nick except for the bodywork.

Both arches look like this...

Would this be an MOT fail at its MOT next month?

And should I...
a) Walk away
b) Budget £500 into buying price to repair these
c) Not worry about this amount of rust?

Thanks all.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:02 pm

That's bad, budget £1000+ to sort out properly. You'd be better off finding a nice example and not having to bother with that much rust.

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:09 pm

Vtecmec wrote:That's bad, budget £1000+ to sort out properly. You'd be better off finding a nice example and not having to bother with that much rust.

Agree , look for a better one

Cheers

Toadster

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:14 pm

While it is bad, surely if you buy one of those replacement panels, the price is going to be the same regardless of the amount of rust because you are replacing the entire arch?

Of course if you are just going to do a local repair then yes it is bad.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:08 pm

Welcome.

That's not an MOT failure at all, but that is bad rust for a 5g.

There are plenty of 5g's out there without rust as bad as that, so unless the rest of the car is great and it's very cheap, best off buying another, IMO.

You can buy the rear wing repair panels through a member on the forum (would need fitting a painting by a body shop, unless you're a dab hand with a grinder/welder/paint gun

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vjvj · Post by **vjvj** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:28 pm

Thanks for the replies all! The search continues...

Mattbigwood · Post by **Mattbigwood** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:35 pm

vjvj wrote:Thanks for the replies all! The search continues...

Have a look at my 1998 BB8 for sale on this forum.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:01 pm

like has already been said there are plenty of rust free 5th gens out there so i would keep looking

vjvj · Post by **vjvj** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:34 pm

Mattbigwood wrote:
vjvj wrote:Thanks for the replies all! The search continues...
Have a look at my 1998 BB8 for sale on this forum.

Interesting. Can you add a photo of all the rusty areas please?

Also, not been looking at JDM models. How old are you and what's your annual insurance?

@mercutio - I'm only interested in 5th gen 2.2 vti manual spec cars of which there's 5-10 new ones for sale each month. That said, I don't need a car to get around so can afford to wait for the right one